Civil society has urged governments and public institutions to support the declaration on the Decade of Family Farming and to put in place the appropriate tools required to promote Family Farming in their countries.

El Niño has had an extremely heavy impact on livestock and agriculture in Ethiopia. Shukri Ahmed gives dramatic figures on the consequences of the drought. He also illustrates FAO Response Plan 2016, underlining the need for urgent action and the importance of building resilience.

Крупное исследование Grand View Research, Inc. Observes, показало, что рынок органических продуктов питания и напитков будет расти ежегодно в среднем на 15.5 % в течение 2016-2020 годов. Общий объем рынка органических продуктов составит по прогнозам около $ 212 млрд. к 2020 году.

O Instituto de Economia Agrícola (IEA), uma das seis instituições de pesquisa da Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, está lançando a publicação “Turismo Rural, Indicação Geográfica, Gastronomia e Sustentabilidade”. O turismo rural é hoje uma realidade nos espaços rurais do Brasil. A agricultura moderna do século...

To answer this question, I would like to recall Alexander Wezel’s definition of agroecology. Our French colleague defined it, first, as a science. This is obvious, since agroecology generates scientific knowledge in the strictest sense. However, agroecology, like many other hybrid disciplines (for example, political ecology, environmental history, and ecological...

تشكل الفلاحة العائلية النشاط الرئيسي في القرى والمداشر والتجمعات السكانية الثانوية بولاية سوق أهراس، انطلاقا من الجهة الغربية على مستوى أكبر سهول الولاية بكل من دائرة سدراتة ومداوروش إلى غاية الحدود المتاخمة لولاية أم البواقي، على مستوى بئر بوحوش وأم العظائم، وهي تعطي مردودا وفيرا من الحبوب الجافة والبقوليات على...

Почти 80% крайне бедных и голодающих людей проживают в сельской местности. Большинство из них — это семейные фермерские хозяйства, которые не могут произвести достаточное количество продуктов, чтобы избежать голода или крайней нищеты. В то же время такие хозяйства производят самую большую долю потребляемой пищи во всём мире: они являются «основными действующими лицами...

From our field visits to Ndian Town, Fabe, Meangwe II and Ikondo-Kondo resettlement, we witnessed and heard about the tactics and strategies used by oil palm companies. The devastating impacts that plantations have had in other countries are more or less reflected in this part of Cameroon. We witnessed how...

Soil loss in Ethiopia is an expensive problem, adding up to more than US$100 million every year. The country is locked in a cycle of land degradation and poverty, costing it not just money, but soil and crop harvests as well.

The first days of summer show Moldova at its best. Dramatic skies, seemingly endless rolling hills, fruit trees and field crops growing vigorously. The national palette contains every shade of green. On a recent road trip, photographer Dorin Goian captured these seasonal moments for the United Nations Food and Agriculture...

Eritrea is a hot desert strip along the red sea coast with its mountains rising into the central highlands. The western plains extend to the border with Sudan, a vast arid area that receives little rainfall. The IFAD and GEF supported Catchment and Landscape Management Project (CLMP) is working in...

For the European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC), present at this meeting, this is the perfect opportunity for the European Union to finally acknowledge the true value of the invaluable expertise of sheep farmers in our countries, whether in polyculture farming in lowland areas or in more difficult mountain or island...

Georgia is one of the major centres of origin of the vine and wheat. Georgia natural genetic diversity is the foundation of folk selection through the creation of local, diverse and environmental conditions of adapted varieties, which the man is still proud of 

The establishment of REDD/ REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation programme), in 2010, as a key strategy to combat climate change, has been applauded by world leaders. In practice, REDD entails sinking carbon in standing stocks of trees, and raising new plantations, often on indigenous territories. From previous...

The meeting aims to disseminate among the selected member countries of FAO from the Near East and North Africa region the new WCA 2020 which will cover the period 2016-2025. The workshop is organized with the objective of helping the participants gain a deeper understanding of the new FAO recommendations...

Mr José Graziano Da Silva, General Director of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Mr Habib Ben Yahia, Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) signed Friday, May 13, 2016 an agreement of technical assistance of the implementation of a technical cooperation project for "Strengthening the capacity...

n September 2015, members of the UN adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030. These goals are a continuation of the Millennium Development Goals, which ended on 2015.Sustainable development is defined as meeting the needs of the present generation without harming the capacity of future generation to meet their needs. It focuses...

As four days of FAO forestry management training get under way here today, the effort to improve management of Kosovo’s forest resources reaches a new stage. In northern municipalities, a group of foremen will learn about the implementation of forestry public works.

A agricultura familiar tem dinâmica e características distintas em comparação à agricultura não familiar. Nela, a gestão da propriedade é compartilhada pela família e a atividade produtiva agropecuária é a principal fonte geradora de renda. Além disso, o agricultor familiar tem uma relação particular com a terra, seu local de trabalho...

Smallholder farming is the most prevalent form of agriculture in the world, supports many of the planet’s most vulnerable populations, and coexists with some of its most diverse and threatened landscapes. However, there is little information about the location of small farms, making it difficult both to estimate their numbers...